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Citizen Science: Theory and Practice

Ubiquity Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2016

ISSN2057-4991eISSN2057-4991

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.702

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.836

Total Worksi

333

Total Citationsi

6,430

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.96

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Multidisciplinary.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 47 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications333

Publisher OrgUbiquity Press

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Ubiquity Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2057-4991 / 2057-4991

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.4k

2019

868

2020

828

2021

397

2022

462

2023

163

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

MultidisciplinaryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Multidisciplinary

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Species Distribution and Climate ChangeAnimal and Plant Science EducationZoonotic diseases and public healthInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorClimate Change Communication and PerceptionResearch Data Management PracticesEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity StudiesService-Learning and Community EngagementScientific Computing and Data ManagementEthics in Clinical Research

Frequently asked questions about Citizen Science: Theory and Practice

Is Citizen Science: Theory and Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Citizen Science: Theory and Practice: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Citizen Science: Theory and Practice?

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.96.

Is Citizen Science: Theory and Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Citizen Science: Theory and Practice?